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Recipe: Coconut Matchamisu
This Japanese twist on an Italian classic consists of a coconut sponge soaked in matcha syrup topped with a swirl of coconut cream and a dusting of matcha. Organic coconut oil and ceremonial grade matcha used were both from Clearspring.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
For the Matcha Syrup:
- 150 g white sugar
- 150 ml water
- 1 tsp matcha
For the Cake:
- 120 g coconut oil
- 120 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs – beaten
- 120 g self raising flour – or plain flour with a tsp of baking powder added
- 1/4 tsp matcha
- pinch salt
- 1 – 2 tbs milk - or plant milk for a diary free cake
For the Cream:
- 300 ml double cream
- 1 tbs coconut oil
- 1 tbs icing sugar
Instructions
For the Matcha Syrup:
- Place the sugar and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Allow to simmer for about 5 minutes to form a sugar syrup.
- Remove from the heat, allow to cool and whisk the matcha in. Strain and allow to cool.
- Will keep for up to a week in a jar in the fridge
For the Cake:
- Line a 15cm x 15cm tin with greasproof paper, or spray liberally with cake release spray. Preheat the oven to 180C / GM 4
- Cream the coconut oil and sugar together with a hand held mixer or in your stand mixer. Add the eggs together with a tablespoon of the flour and beat well.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, salt and matcha and fold into the batter along with the milk.
- Divide the mixture between the two prepared tins and smooth out using a knife. Bake for about 20 minutes.
- The cake is done when risen and springy. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
For the Cream:
- Whisk the cream and coconut oil with an electric mixer until the cream holds a peak.
To Assemble:
- Use a round 7cm cookie cutter to cut 6 circles from the cake. Stand the cut cake in a shallow dish and pour the matcha syrup over. Turn the cakes once so they soak up the syrup.
- Transfer the cakes to their serving plates, fill a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe a rosette of the coconut cream onto each, and dust with a sprinkling of matcha.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.